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// 23) Jude's Magic gets Unlocked 
// Story: Loyalty's Vision 
// by SapphireRose87 
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{Jude}

As I walked down the hallway to the dungeons and got closer to the dungeon that First Mother was in I had a pit in my stomach. I paused because I thought for sure I heard First Mother say, "That boy Lord Jude better let me out of here if he knows what's good for him!"

I turned to the guard following me. "Um, can you hear people talking in the dungeons?"

The guard shook his head. "No Lord Jude the dungeons are completely soundproof. You can't hear anything unless you open the viewer door. Why do you ask?"

"No reason," I replied.

I gulped when I got to the dungeon where First Mother was in. The guard handed me the containment device that AI requires me to put in its prisoners at the castle to keep track of them. First Mother sat up on the bed she was laying on when she saw me. She looked in horror when she saw the containment device. "No way am I having that thing put inside of me!"

Once again, I was startled because First Mother wasn't speaking. So now I'm going to assume I was hearing First Mother's thoughts. I couldn't help but think of how crazy this was. Great, first I can see through walls, and now I can hear people's thoughts. I wonder if AI decided to change its reality after all? But if it did I would think AI would tell me.

I smiled at First Mother's horrified expression. "Sorry, but AI has handed down your punishment, it has to be done."

"It can't be!" First Mother shrieked. "What was my punishment?"

I sighed, "AI wants you to spend the rest of your days in a dungeon. Although it might change its mind in the future."

"But that's the only time I've done that," First Mother said, "Servant Milo needed to be put in his place!"

"Why? For doing his job?" I snapped. "Shortly before Eli became Royal Advisor Eli, you've done this three times! I also looked at your work history and it's about time AI's done something about you! Oh, and I have something wonderful to tell you."

"Tell me what?" First Mother growled.

This is going to be good. I thought. I gave First Mother a wicked smile. "Not only was Royal Advisor Eli supposed to be your boss, but he was also going to replace you and become First Father of the Mainframe!"

"You're lying!" First Mother snarled as she narrowed her eyes.

By this point, I was having fun taunting First Mother. So I kept going, "Nope! I'm not joking! I haven't told Eli about this yet. AI won't let me until it decides to make the transition. Now stay still, this needs to go inside you. After this goes in, you'll take a nice little nap and then you'll be inside this dungeon for however long AI wants you to be here."

The containment devices looked very much like stunners but less deadly. This device is in a square box just like the stunner is but they're the color black. I put the device inside of First Mother, after that I left.


* * *


I went back to the computer room and I was disturbed by the recent turn of events that's happened to me. I didn't realize Eli was there until he said something. "Are you okay Jude?"

I sighed, "I have no idea."

Wow, he looks upset, I heard Eli think, I think showing him the comical video footage of Rainbow Dash farting the rainbow should cheer him up.

I raised an eyebrow. "Fart the rainbow?"

Eli jumped and looked startled, "Okay, how did you know what I was thinking?"

"You're not going to believe this," I said, "but somehow I can hear people's thoughts."

"Can you communicate by thought?" Eli asked.

I tried my hardest to send Eli a thought. But since Eli didn't answer it, I assumed I couldn't do that. "Looks like that would be a no, but I can hear people's thoughts and I think that's about all I can do. Not to mention somehow I can see through walls."

"When did it start?" Eli asked.

"The hearing people's thoughts thing," I said, "happened yesterday when I went to put in the containment device inside First Mother. The seeing through walls started happening when you threw that stunner needle through a wall at First Mother."

"So why did you have to put a containment device inside First Mother?" Eli questioned.

"To spend the rest of her life in a dungeon," I answered.

Eli gasped. "What?! Why so extreme?" 

"Because that wasn't the first time she attacked a servant," I explained. "Shortly before you became Royal Advisor Eli, I looked at her work history. She's done this three times before Servant Milo and she's encouraged her servant's to do the same."

"Yup, that settles it," said Eli, "I'm no longer worried about Grandma. I was worried but I take it back now."

I snorted, "You were actually worried about her?"

Eli nodded. "I hate to admit it, but I was. But I think you'll find this video footage of Rainbow Dash quite amusing."

Eli showed me the video footage of him fighting Rainbow Dash and her friend Gilda. She chomped down one of his attacks and declared herself Rainbow Dash. I laughed when Rainbow Dash suggested some new content to say when she shows up to fight Agents of the Sixth.

Then I saw Rainbow Dash doing an actual sonic rainboom and she looked at it in horror. I still have no idea why she's afraid of her own power. Eli told me that she was going to become an Alicorn because she was giving birth to one.

I paused when I heard Second Mother's thoughts and her footsteps coming from down the hallway. I hope First Mother's been taken care of. She deserves whatever she gets. She brought this self.

Before Servant Milo even poked his head in the room to say something, I opened the door startling him. "Oh, sorry Servant Milo. Second Mother's coming down the hallway. Please let her in when she gets here."

Servant Milo's jaw dropped. "How did you know that? Second Mother didn't even send a servant ahead of her. Not to mention she's not even here yet."

"I can't explain," I said, "but just send her in when she gets here."

Servant Milo nodded. "Yes, your highness."

Once Second Mother arrived, she looked very concerned about something, "Is First Mother-"

"Yes she's been taken care of Second Mother," I said. "First Mother's probably still asleep at the moment because I just put the containment device in her."

Second Mother was speechless but then she composed herself, "Did you hear what I was thinking or did you assume what I was thinking?"

"I heard what you were thinking and I heard your footsteps from all the way down the hallway," I replied. "I think I have lost my damn mind!"

Wow, well at least that ugly old hag is taken care of, Second Mother thought, I still have no idea who gave her the idea that she's the queen of the Mainframe. At least she got what was coming to her I wonder if-

"Don't ask the question," I said, "because I'm not sure if AI gave me these abilities as a weapon, but if it did then it did it to torture me. And I thought First Mother doing that to me was bad."

Second Mother whistled, "Wow."

Then I heard Eli's thoughts as if what's happening now is disturbing enough. Wow, Jude was always strong before but I wonder how much magic and different abilities he's going to develop? Man, he's hot too! Yeah, Servant Milo was right about wanting Jude also. Oh crap! I forgot he can hear my thoughts now. Shit, I just had to get carried away by this, my bad!

I gave a nervous laugh, "Thanks for the compliment, Eli. Ivy and I do have an open relationship but it's mostly for Ivy's benefit and I'm not saying why. I'm not interested in anyone else at the moment." I looked over at Second Mother. "Before you think anything else, I don't know if I'm okay, all I know is I have lost my damn mind!"

"Maybe you should go lay down and rest for a bit?" Eli suggested. "I can take care of things here like I always do when you're out of commission from the Feeding Rituals."

I nodded. "That's probably a good idea. I think I could use some rest."

Second Mother's jaw dropped and she gasped. "But you've never done that on a workday! Not since I've known you."

"Well I guess this will be the first day I've done this," I said.

As I left the computer room, I saw Second Mother's jaw still on the floor. I had no idea why Eli found this funny because he was laughing as I walked out the door.


* * *


{Eli}

After Jude left, I couldn't stop laughing.

What is so funny about Lord Jude's magic being unlocked? Atias thought.

Because Jude looked like he was going nuts by it. I thought.

And you just had to mention that you and Servant Milo were talking about trying to get Lord Jude in your bed. Honestly, I don't think that was the right time to think about that. Atias thought.

What? Can you blame me? He is pretty sexy, trust me he seems to get stronger and stronger every time we train together. At least I have enough common sense not to go stalking him or breaking into his room to watch him sleep. Yeah, I'm going to have to make it a point not to gawk at him. I thought.

Hmmm… Atias thought.

What is it? I thought.

Given this change of events, this could be a good way for me to contact Lord Jude. Atias thought. I think this might be a loophole because I can't get in contact with him through the spoiled brat.

Are you sure you want to do that? I thought. At least let him get used to this. He can't communicate by thought as I can.

That might be true but I still need to get in contact with him either way. The more magic I can get to shut down the machine the better. Atias thought.

But what if the machine senses our magic and sends a code to us as it did to Rainbow Dash? I thought.

That won't be a problem. Atias answered. Because you, Servant Milo, Lord Jude, Lady Ivy, and Leo even though he's a baby are all workers for the machine. The machine isn't just a brat, it's greedy too. It will do everything in its power to keep you as its workers. You can thank the Sixth for that.

Why?

The Sixth found a way to break out creatures and screw up the machine's powers by planting viruses in their cells to make the machine think they're still in there.

Is that why the machine thought Rainbow Dash was dead, had a funeral for her and she was alive and kicking working for the Sixth?  I asked. 

Uh-huh, Atias thought, knowing the machine if Rainbow Dash was still stuck inside and no one was able to break her out, it would've moved her somewhere else and changed her name again. Oh and Rainbow Dash knows that Lord Jude is her son.

How?

Remember when Lord Jude brought Rainbow Dash to the castle a few years ago? Atias asked.

Oh, that's right! He did go into her bedroom after I left, I'm guessing that's when he told her?

Maybe? Either way, she knows now and my magic connected her to Lord Jude, he's the only one that can track her down.

Oh, I see. I thought.

But when I can't detect her presence inside of AI, Atias thought, she's probably on another assignment.

Okay then, I should take care of Jude's responsibilities for today.

Sure. Atias thought.

Atias's voice went silent for the rest of the day. It seemed like he was going to let me do my job without any interruptions.


* * *


{Rainbow Dash}

I was working on putting away inventory when I heard Eli's voice inside my head.

It's a good thing we can communicate this way instead of you talking about yourself in the third person.

Okay. I thought. What's up?

I know that you know that the Lord of AI is Jude. Eli thought.

How did you- I started.

Atias told me, anyway, there's been an interesting change of events involving Jude. Eli seemed excited about what happened with Jude.

I rolled my eyes. Okay, tell me what happened. Gee, you're just as bad as Loyalty when I first met it.

Eli paused. Huh? Say what now?

Never mind, what's going on? I thought.

Well, apparently Jude can hear people's thoughts now. Eli thought. And somehow, he can see through walls too.

When I heard that, I felt like I was choking so I cleared my throat to make it go away as much as possible. Great, my son's becoming a Predictor!

Eli looked at me when he came around the corner and raised his left eyebrow. A Predictor?

Yeah, she's my boss at the Sixth who hands out assignments and she loves to announce my thoughts in front of everyone. I thought.

I heard Eli laughing in his thoughts, Well Jude might start doing that to me now. Actually, he already has! He seems to think he's lost his damn mind. He doesn't realize that it's his magic unlocked.

Well, can he see the future? I thought curiously.

Eli shook his head. Not that I know of, why?

Predictors can do that also, my Predictor saw me and Oliver getting together. She was right but I don't know if she saw anything about Color Rain. She didn't say anything about it though. She definitely had a field when I said my so-called catchphrase.

What might that be? Eli thought.

It needs to be 20% cooler! That's not a catchphrase! I said it to Rarity when she was making me a stupid dress! Honestly, I don't know how she finds making a dress fun. A pegasus needs to fly, making a dress is a snooze fest!

Eli laughed inside my head and I rolled my eyes. Ha, ha, very funny Eli!

Well, at least I'm laughing inside your head and not outside of it. People would think I've gone insane!

No duh Eli, I thought, so what are we going to do now?

I looked to see Oliver some around the corner and he looked at me with concern, "What's going on Nancy? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Ah…" I didn't know how to answer his question.

Actually, I think it's time I let Oliver in this too, Atias thought, hold on, this will take just a second.

Oliver paused and I'm going to assume Atias connected him to his magic. "Okay, now I understand why you look like you've seen a ghost, Nancy."

Good, Atias thought, we need to come up with a plan.

What do you mean? Oliver thought.

Well, I've explained to Rainbow Dash and Eli that the more magic we can get in one place the better chances we have to shut down the machine. No, it can't send another code to you because you're already outside of the machine. I told Rainbow Dash the same thing. Atias thought

Yeah I know, I thought, Princess Luna, told me the same thing. My question is, how do we hide this from Samantha? For the record, that's who my Predictor is Eli.

Oh. Eli thought.

Not to mention, how many people are we going to get in on this? I asked.

Atias replied, You, Oliver, Eli, Servant Milo, Lord Jude, and Lady Ivy if that's possible.

You mean you want my boyfriend in on this? Eli thought.

Yes, it's because of his magic, remember? Atias thought.

Oh, right. Eli thought.

So how do we hide this from Samantha? I asked again.

I think I know how. Eli thought.

How? Oliver thought.

When do you see Samantha? Eli thought.

When we're outside of AI, why? I thought.

I see where you're going with this Eli, I'm not sure if this magic will work outside of the machine. If Rainbow Dash and Oliver think about me, I think Samantha's going to think you're talking about some imaginary person. Atias thought.

Oh, I get it! I thought. Maybe Oliver and I can think of Atias as a fellow Agent of the Sixth? A long-lost friend that we've been able to reconnect with?

Works for me! Oliver agreed.

Okay then, but I think you guys should get back to work. Atias thought.

Why? I questioned.

Because you and Oliver look like you're lost in each other's eyes at the moment. Atias replied with a small chuckle.

I looked over to see Gilda standing behind Oliver. "Okay, why are you guys staring at each other? I mean I've heard of couples getting lost in each other's eyes but this seems a little extreme."

Atias laughed, See? That lady just made my point.

Oliver and I stopped communicating by thought and everyone went back to work.


* * *


On my next day off I was sitting at the edge of my favorite cliff that I like to train at. I wanted so badly to do a fly-through but knew it would be dangerous to do it at the moment. I was sitting there with my legs dangling over the cliff. I heard a portal open up and I knew that was announcing Jude's presence.

When he sat down next to me, he seemed very disturbed about something.

I frowned. "What's wrong Jude?"

Jude sighed, "I think I've lost my damn mind!"

"Why?" I asked.

"Apparently," said Jude, "I can hear people's thoughts around me and no Gilda, I disagree with that. Rainbow Dash didn't fart the rainbow! That's just an immature bathroom joke!"

I chuckled and thought, That's exactly what Eli told me. Saying I'd be constipated if I didn't do it again doesn't make the joke funny.

"Seriously mom?" Jude said. "Eli said that?"

Actually more like thought it, Eli and I can communicate by thought now. You can thank Atias for that.

"Okay first of all," said Jude, "who is Atias mom? Gilda, would you stop laughing? And no more pet names!"

"Hey," said Gilda, "I didn't say anything!"

"You were thinking it!" Jude growled. "This is a new talent I have and it's driving me nuts!"

"So are you a Predictor now?" Gilda asked.

"No, I can't see the future," replied Jude, "but I can see through walls and when I was on the way here, I saw something I didn't want to see."

"What was it?" I said.

Jude deadpanned. "Two of my guards having sex in their bedroom."

I snorted trying to bite back my laughter. Gilda on the other hand was on her back rolling on her stomach in laughter.

"Okay Gilda, calm down," I said, "I don't think Jude thinks this funny."

Gilda snorted. "What? I'm Jude and his wife has gotten it on plenty of times. I'm sure plenty of people has heard their noises too."

"Yeah no, because all of the rooms in AI's castle are soundproof," Jude growled. "Even the dungeons are."

"Oh, I see," Gilda said.

Hmm, Atias thought, this might just be a good time to contact him?

You sure about that? I thought.

Yeah, I'm sure. Atias thought.

Jude looked puzzled. "Okay, do you have multiple personalities now mom? Because there's another voice inside your head."

Hi Jude, thought Atias, my name is Atias Ingie and I'm the one who created the machine you call AI. Please don't say what I'm about to tell you out loud because Gilda will be able to hear it.

Jude nodded. As Atias explained everything to him I made sure to stare straight ahead so it wouldn't look like I'm lost in my son's eyes. Actually, I had half a mind to do it to creep Gilda out. After Atias explained everything to him, Jude nodded. I wasn't sure if he believed Atias at all.

"I'm not sure what to make of this either mom," said Jude, he facepalmed and groaned. "Would you stop thinking about that Gilda? If I even hear of you calling mom poopy pants at work, I swear."

Then I remembered why there's a big boom before I do the rainbow in the sonic rainboom. "You know Gilda, there's a big boom before the rainbow in the sonic rainboom that's because it's actually me breaking the sound barrier."

"Seriously?" Gilda asked.

I nodded. "I remembered trying to do it when I was practicing for the 'Young Fliers Competition'. When I couldn't do it I freaked out. But when I went to go save Rarity and the Wonderbolts that she somehow managed to knock out, that's when I was able to do it. I guess in my panic I was flying so fast trying to save them and that's how I won the competition."

"Whoa!" Gilda and Jude said.

When Gilda crossed her arms and smiled.

"What?" I said.

"Again," said Gilda, "tell me why you're not the definition of the word awesome?"

"Because it's a big fat lie!" I snapped.

"Actually this time I agree with Gilda," Jude said. "It's true and you know it! You're just in denial!"

As if on cue, I heard the doorbell ring in my ear. "Well we're being summoned, so it's time for us to go."

Jude nodded. "Sure see you around."

I gave Jude a hug and Gilda and I went to report to Samantha's realm.